[MOSAIC] assessment

[gina nunley]

Jennifer said:

One thing I am getting out of this book that seems important to me is that
you don't grade 'practice'. That doesn't mean that you don't give  students
feedback on how they are doing. It simply means that you  don't include in 
your
final letter grade the rubric scores you get  when a strategy is first
introduced. Your grade should show where they are in  the learning at the 
end of
the


Jennifer I will definitely be getting his book.  It reminds me of Stiggins 
work on assessment, which my district is implementing.  He talks about 
"formative" assessment or "assessment for learning" as opposed to 
"summative" or "assessment of" which is a standards bassed achievement or 
performance grade and belongs n the report card.

I see that I must come to terms with this arema of my teaching world.  I 
know that  too often I have "practice" grades on my report card.  The sad 
thing is once again it is a time issue.  I need lots of time to create 
quality summative assessments, and too often you're flying through the week, 
sometimes creating an assignment on the spot, that looks like it will fit 
the bill and taking the grade because, well you need it and there it is.  I 
believe this problem is the reason so many teachers avoid the gray area of 
teaching strategic reading.  I am glad to see books being published to help 
us out with this.

Great discussion.  Thanks everyone, Gina